Ernest Hemingway Quotes
We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I feel like I'm the luckiest person alive. I'm always waiting for that phone call: 'Hello. We've just realized you're really a no-talent hillbilly. We've made a horrible mistake and we'd like you to leave now.'
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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Life is a dead-end street.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
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The happiness of one's own heart alone cannot satisfy the soul; one must try to include, as necessary to one's own happiness, the happiness of others.
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Whatever I think the song sounds like is what I'll name it. It's a feeling thing; it's not logical at all.
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Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
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It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
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I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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What made me fall in love with acting, which is my life, was watching other people perform. It made me hunger to do that.
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I still get scared every time I go out. I get scared taking off; I get scared on the wave, falling, everything. But, you know, growing up with it, I guess you're a little more comfortable.
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Everything is always decided for reasons other than the real merits of the case...
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It's great to get paid for what you love doing most. To enjoy your work. And to follow that. It's important.
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Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50 books. I write about what's going on in my personal and spiritual life or what's going on at work. It helps me keep things in perspective, especially when things get crazy or I get stressed or we have obstacles.
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We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright.
